Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 89

The reason why Ishino thought of asking Qingzi to stay and help was not entirely for the happy life of his brother-in-law Kuaidou.

It has been nearly half a year since Natsumi returned to Japan from France to visit Grandma Yoko. Now that she has decided to stay in Japan to inherit the family business, it is time to go to Paris to do some aftermath work and move the needed things back to Japan.

The Kasaka Consortium owns an internationally renowned jewelry design and processing enterprise. Recently, it received an invitation from the Paris International Jewelry and Jewelry Fair. Xia Mei just took this opportunity to go to Paris as a representative of the group, and by the way, she will work as a pastry chef there. ending.

Because Natsumi needs to leave for a period of time, the husband and wife began to plan to recruit new employees to maintain normal operations when the store was short of manpower.

However, before recruiting experienced pastry chefs, it is also a good emergency transition plan to find a few students to work part-time during the winter vacation.

Therefore, Aoko Nakamori, who has a sweet appearance, a lively and cheerful personality, and some basic cooking skills, became a suitable candidate.

After confirming that Aoko will work in the store as a trainee pastry chef, Natsumi happily picks out some sweets that Kaito and Aoko like for them to pack and take away.

In the next few days, Aoko would take the Dongdu Loop Line every morning, and after about half an hour’s journey, she would arrive at Memory Sweet House. She would learn the basics of making desserts from Natsumi and Ishino, and would serve as a counter in her spare time. waiter.

Although it is during the winter vacation, students from nearby schools participating in holiday club activities still come to the store to shop from time to time.

This afternoon, Xiaolan went to Memory Sweet House after finishing the training activities of the karate department of Didan High School, planning to buy some high-quality cakes as a meeting gift for the magic lovers party that Yuanzi invited her to attend on the weekend.

"Welcome!" Seeing a guest coming in, Qingzi, who had already adapted to working life, greeted the guest habitually.

Today, the four members of Ishino's family rarely go out to play, so only Qingzi is left in the store to look after the shop, but because of the snow, there are not many customers, Qingzi can handle it by himself.

However, when the two girls with similar looks saw each other's appearance, they were all taken aback, but Xiaolan, who had seen Qingzi on the road, was the first to react and asked, "Sorry, I'm Xia Mei My sister's friend is called Mao Lilan, may I ask who you are?"

Hearing the other party's self-introduction, Qingzi finally came to his senses, and quickly responded: "Hello, I am Qingzi Nakamori who works here, and I am a classmate of sister Xia Mei's cousin."

Seeing that the other party was also an acquaintance of Natsumi, Xiaolan mustered up the courage to ask her question that had not been answered all this time: "May I ask, on the last weekend in March, did you go to Shibuya with a certain boy?"

Qingzi didn't know why the other party asked this suddenly, but he still thought about it carefully, and replied a little shyly: "It seems that I did go shopping in Shibuya with my friends. I remember it was still raining that day."

"It really is like this..." Xiaolan saw the other party's flushed cheeks, and continued to confirm, "I happened to be in Shibuya that day, and I saw you chatting happily with the boy next to me, he could be you boyfriend?"

"It's not my boyfriend! Kaito and I are just classmates and neighbors. I had an appointment with other friends that day, but the other party asked him to go with me because of something..." Qingzi waved his hands hurriedly to explain, but After speaking, the voice is getting smaller and smaller.

"It turns out that his name is Kaito. I almost recognized him as one of my classmates. At that time, I was still wondering why he didn't greet me when we met. It turned out that he had identified the wrong person." Hearing the other party's explanation, Xiaolan His question was finally answered, and a big stone in his heart fell to the ground.

"That's right. In fact, Kaito is Miss Natsumi's cousin. He occasionally comes here to eat and drink for free. Since you are a frequent visitor here, Mao Li, you should have the opportunity to meet him." Thinking of Kaito, Qingzi Can't help but complain about him.

"Sounds like a very interesting boy. I would like to get to know him better if I have the chance. Nakamori-san, don't you mind?" Feeling that the other party's reaction when Kaito was mentioned was very interesting, Xiaolan couldn't help but tease him other side.

Qingzi's face froze when he heard the words, and he tried to respond calmly: "That guy has few friends, it's really pitiful, if he can make friends like you, classmate Maori, he should be very happy..."

Xiaolan was amused by Qingzi's funny reaction. For some reason, she felt that the other party had a special kind of intimacy, and Qingzi also had a similar feeling, so the two sat down and chatted for a long time, taking advantage of the fact that there were no other customers in the store.

Because the two parties have similar personalities, and they are both girls who separated from their mothers at a very young age and had to shoulder the burden of the family early on, they have a common language in terms of housework and caregivers.

Qingzi has been complaining about his homeless father and Kaidou who always needs someone to take care of him, while Xiaolan is also helplessly talking about his out-of-the-ordinary father and his awkward mother who refuses to go home.

When the two talked about those topics that they deeply felt, they would sigh together, or laugh together, and soon became very good friends, and even called each other from surnames to little ones. The intimate titles of Lan and Qingzi.

When I heard that Xiaolan is good at cooking and usually likes to make some desserts, Qingzi, who knew that the store was recruiting recently due to a lack of people, sent an invitation to Xiaolan, hoping that the other party could also come to the store to work, so that I would be happy. a friend for company.

In fact, Xiaolan has always admired the superb craftsmanship of Ishino and Natsumi, and wanted to learn some skills from them in this area, but considering her academic problems and having to go home to cook for her father and Conan every day, it was not suitable for her. Opportunity.

Now hearing Qingzi's invitation, Xiaolan thought that this place is near the school, and it is only a 10-minute walk from the Maori Detective Agency. Even if she had to rush home to cook at noon, there would be no problem, so she agreed.

Seeing that Xiaolan readily accepted his invitation, Qingzi immediately called Xia Mei to explain the situation, and then handed over the phone to Xiaolan. The two confirmed on the phone that Xiaolan would come to work at Memory Sweet House during the holidays matters.

After everything was settled, Qingzi happily took Xiaolan's hand and smiled, "Great! This way, when Miss Xia Mei and the others are away, they won't be bored by themselves, and someone can take over when there is something to do!"

"So you tricked me into working part-time for this purpose!" Xiaolan gave Qingzi a nasty look, and then laughed happily.

Seeing that the snow had stopped outside, Xiaolan and Qingzi exchanged contact information, and then happily set foot on the way home with a food bag full of snacks.

On the other hand, Ishino also found a temporary part-time job for the next weekend on the Internet through his mobile phone, and was ready to meet Kaito's challenge.

(End of this chapter)